Lightened Flywheels

[amalventano1@comcast.net (Allyn)]

thank you for rewording my post such that i dont appear as such a .cr=
ack pipe smoker'.
Al

----- Original Message -----
=46rom: "Jason Adams" <roclist@accessconsulting.ca>
To: <amalventano1@comcast.net>; "Shawn C Meze" <skerocdriver@juno.com=
>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: Lightened Flywheels


> So to sum it up...
>
> A lightened f/w will rev up and rev down faster, therefore leading =
to faster
> accell/decell times...
>
> A lightened f/w will have less engine braking effect (decell) on a =
non
> revmatched downshift...
>
> I agree just do it!
>
> Jason Adams
> Fahrvergnugen Forever!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shawn C Meze" <skerocdriver@juno.com>
> To: <amalventano1@comcast.net>
> Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 3:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Lightened Flywheels
>
>
> >
> > On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 15:22:16 -0500 Allyn <amalventano1@comcast.ne=
t>
> > writes:
> > >lighter flywheel is kinda more/less engine braking B-F-SNIPOLAH!=
-
> >
> >
> > I cant believe how many crack pipe owners we have on this here li=
st.
> > Chripes man.
> >
> > OK, from the files of BTDT and my Masters degree from Mother Eart=
h
> > Univeristy, (MEU Go Soilmen!) heres the real deal with lightened
> > flywheels.
> >
> > 1) They have NOTHING to do with how the car idles. NOTHING!
> >
> > if the car has a lumpy idle then its related to -other- reasons. =
nip-it!
> >
> > 2) A lightened flywheel will not make the car be hard to drive up=
 hills.
> > (I didn't hear it this around with the thread. dunno what NASA sc=
ientist
> > said that but he needs to also be told that the crack pipe doesn'=
t go up
> > your butt. N-kay?)
> >
> > 3) A lightened flywheel will add to the engine braking effect. Wh=
en you
> > remove rotating weight, it allows the motor to spool UP AND DOWN =
the
> > same. Don't believe me? Rev it and see how fast it returns to idl=
e. This
> > translates to when your driving, if your maintaining speed and th=
en lift
> > off the gas (the pedal on the right) the car will slow down much =
faster
> > than the same car with a stock flywheel.
> > All this BS guessing submitted as fact is pretty lame guys. nip-i=
t!
> >
> > 4) depending on how much weight is removed from the flywheel, the=
 only
> > negative difference is when you launch (not a racing launch, just
> > regular, "GREEN LIGHT", oh ok, go" launches.) you might need to r=
ev a
> > little more to get the car moving. That's all! Nip-it!
> >
> > In 2 of the 3 VW's I have lightened flywheels in, I need a couple=
 hundred
> > more RPM's to get moving without stalling. (all you engineers can=
 splain
> > why that is.) The 3rd car is just like before.
> >
> > So the bottom line is, just do it. N-kay?
> >
> >
> > Shawn M=E9ze
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